Smartphone/Data storage
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| Note: For fairness and due weight, strong benefits add two points, and strong shortcomings subtract a point rather than none, as marked in respective cells. | |||||
| Internal storage | Memory card | USB On-the-go | Cloud storage | Home server | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy | Local | Local | Local | Questionable – No hardware ownership, thus lack of technical control. | Home |
| Dependence on Internet access and cellular data | No | No | No | Dependent | Dependent if accessed remotely |
| Transfer rates | High – only bound by technical limits. | Low – downloaded from someone else's computer – dependent on internet speed; may be additionally throttled by freemium services. | Moderate through local area network, otherwise limited by internet speed. | ||
| Latency | None | None | None | High | High |
| Mass storage access | Infeasible | Yes | Yes | No physical access | Yes |
| Handset ergonomy | Yes | Yes | Compromised – protrudes from USB port (-1) | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | Difficult (-1) | Simple – disk imaging | Slow | Yes | |
| Defect retrieval | No | Removable | External | Remote | Home |
| Data recovery | No | Mass storage | Mass storage | provider-dependent | Mass storage |
| File transfer between devices | Relatively slow – Bluetooth/WiFi Direct/MTP through desktop OS computer | Immediate – modular | Immediate – modular | Relatively slow – downloading | Relatively slow – downloading |
| Remote retrieval | No | No | No | Yes (+2 for fairness) | Yes (+2 for fairness) |
| Remote account termination | Infeasible | Infeasible | Infeasible | At provider's discretion | Infeasible |
| Difficulty of installation | Pre-included (+2) | Low | Low | Low | High in comparison (-1) |
| Verdict score | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 9 |